Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Chinchilla Weir
47.1% full
Capacity
9.8 hm³
Volume stored
5 hm³
River
Condamine River
Year completed
1974
Coordinates
26.801°S, 150.594°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
47.1%vs 7 days ago
-1.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-49.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
58%of normal
47.1% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 81.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-33.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Chinchilla Weir had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −0.44). Rain, not storage. Australia drought figures →
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology — Water Data Online (KiWIS) — daily mean storage volume, quality-controlled. Capacity from the BOM Water Storages ArcGIS layer (total design capacity in ML). Last reading: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 26.801°S, 150.594°E · Open in Google Maps
About Chinchilla Weir
As of October 26, 2026, Chinchilla Weir is filled to 47.1% of its total capacity, holding 4.61 hm³ of water out of a maximum 9.8 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 6.5 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.4 percentage points, and it is 49.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Chinchilla Weir — 1094 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 43.0% (January 21, 2024) to a high of 142.8% (February 2, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Chinchilla Weir was completed in 1974. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Condamine River Basin basin at 26.801°S, 150.594°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 47.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 4.61 hm³
- Total capacity
- 9.8 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 6.5 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 49.7 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Condamine River
- River basin
- Condamine River Basin
- Year completed
- 1974
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 26.801°S, 150.594°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 47.1% | 4.61 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 47.1% | 4.61 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 47.3% | 4.62 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 47.6% | 4.66 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 47.7% | 4.66 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 47.8% | 4.67 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 48.1% | 4.71 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 48.5% | 4.75 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 48.7% | 4.76 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 49.1% | 4.8 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 49.5% | 4.84 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 49.9% | 4.88 |